Mile (Scots)

Mile (Scots)

A Scottish mile was the same length as the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, i.e. from the castle down to the Holyrood Abbey. English miles were imposed in 1824 by an act of parliament.

Equivalent to -
* Scottish measures
** 320 falls; or 8 Scots furlongs
* Metric system
** 1807.3116 metres; or 1.8 km
* Imperial system
** 1976.5 yards; or 1.1 miles

Robert Burns spoke of Scottish miles in the first verse of "Tam O' Shanter"

:"While we sit bousing at the nappy, :An' getting fou and unco happy, :We think na on the lang Scots miles, :The mosses, waters, slaps and stiles, :That lie between us and our hame, :Where sits our sulky, sullen dame, :Gathering her brows like gathering storm, :Nursing her wrath to keep it warm."

Rose Street in Edinburgh, nicknamed the "Amber Mile" is somewhat misnamed, not being close to either a Scottish or English mile in length.

ee also

* Mile
* ell (Scots)
* Inch (Scots)
* Fall (Scots)


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